Motorsports Strategy Intern — Data-Driven Race Analytics

General Motors; Town of Charlotte (NY); On-site; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lump-sum stipend

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors (GM) is seeking a Sportscar Motorsports Strategy intern to perform complex analytical work supporting the GM Motorsports program in Concord, NC. The intern will apply vehicle dynamics, race engineering, and motorsports strategy principles to existing and future simulation tools.

The role supports IMSA and WEC programs by analyzing data, developing strategy models, and improving simulation workflows, with opportunities to work on AI/ML driven methods and visualization tools.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Data Science, or a related field.
• Expected graduation between December 2027 to June 2029.
• Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week, during the summer months.
• Familiarity with Python, AI/ML concepts, and/or .NET programming technologies.
• Ability to organize and analyze data, explain technical results, and work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze race, vehicle, tire, weather, and simulation data to identify trends and performance opportunities.
• Support the development, testing, and improvement of race-strategy and vehicle-performance simulation tools.
• Apply engineering fundamentals, statistics, optimization, and dynamic-systems concepts to practical motorsports problems.
• Develop scripts, visualizations, and analytical workflows that improve the speed, consistency, and usability of engineering decisions.
• Explore applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning, including performance prediction, time-series analysis, classification, anomaly detection, and surrogate modeling.
• Validate analytical and machine-learning results against engineering expectations, simulation outputs, and observed race data.
• Document methods, assumptions, limitations, and results, and communicate recommendations to technical and cross-functional audiences.

Skills

Python

AI/ML concepts

.NET

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree pursuit in relevant field

Tools

Python libraries

Job description

General Motors (GM) is seeking a Sportscar Motorsports Strategy intern to perform complex analytical work supporting the GM Motorsports program in Concord, NC. The intern will apply vehicle dynamics, race engineering, and motorsports strategy principles to existing and future simulation tools.

The role supports IMSA and WEC programs by analyzing data, developing strategy models, and improving simulation workflows, with opportunities to work on AI/ML driven methods and visualization tools.